tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post2468638876450533974..comments2023-07-22T15:44:42.859+01:00Comments on More about the song - rambling with Rachel Fox: Well, I did say MOR...Rachel Foxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-89454332122128409752009-06-05T09:08:44.801+01:002009-06-05T09:08:44.801+01:00I think I remember you mentioning her back when I ...I think I remember you mentioning her back when I posted about singers, Sorlil (way back in May 08!). <br />xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-36239801264598697192009-06-05T00:31:21.367+01:002009-06-05T00:31:21.367+01:00ahhh good old Karen, yes not another voice like he...ahhh good old Karen, yes not another voice like hers.Marion McCreadyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04657757253873577465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-39546044933072247672009-06-04T16:25:00.427+01:002009-06-04T16:25:00.427+01:00Seems like KC is one thing we all have in common (...Seems like KC is one thing we all have in common (so far anyway...and, oh god, now I'll be getting KC and Sunshine Band links posted...). I was thinking about 'Sing' again today though...how it just turned up in my head when I haven't consciously heard it for years and years. There is so much stuff stored away in our heads...it's no wonder we're all mad. Which reminds me of this Charles Manson quote that I found the other day when I was looking for something else:<br /><br />“You know, a long time ago being crazy meant something. Nowadays everybody's crazy.”<br /><br />Tis true.<br />xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-84017614387278449692009-06-04T11:55:55.710+01:002009-06-04T11:55:55.710+01:00Whenever I hear the opening lines of 'We'v...Whenever I hear the opening lines of 'We've only just begun' I weep. That melody gets me every time. What a voice. There will never be anyone like her!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-58646353332398641442009-06-04T08:23:21.567+01:002009-06-04T08:23:21.567+01:00Yes, ABBA music is quite a... phenomenon but it...Yes, ABBA music is quite a... phenomenon but it's not music from childhood that I am particularly desperate to rediscover! Can't get away from it though. Will it be around us our whole lives? It looks that way right now.<br />xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-10088292161775698052009-06-04T00:05:07.464+01:002009-06-04T00:05:07.464+01:00I always thought she had the best female voice eve...I always thought she had the best female voice ever! [Yes Barbra Streisand, I said it out loud!] Jim's right, never heard another soul who sang like she did. I can still remember the boy's name she brought to mind singing, "Close to You". <br /><br />Some singers you expect to flame out and drift away. Never in a million years would I have suspected her candle would flicker out so quickly. And just when she'd finally gotten the anorexia under control, her too tired body gave up.<br /><br />But she left us that voice. And so many songs. Thanks! If I've got to have an earworm, I'll take Karen's voice over ABBA any day. :)hopehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03306622656461205674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-46842036885769497112009-06-03T23:18:38.164+01:002009-06-03T23:18:38.164+01:00Yes Kat...we will lead the world back to Karen!
xYes Kat...we will lead the world back to Karen!<br />xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-21343021459915433872009-06-03T21:50:08.628+01:002009-06-03T21:50:08.628+01:00I had the brown-covered "The Singles" al...I had the brown-covered "The Singles" album (and played it to death). <br />I liked to sing, "Top Of the World", but it was "Goodbye To Love" that broke my heart everytime I heard it.<br /><br />I don't have any Carpenters in my collection at the moment. I'll have to do something about that.<br /><br />KatKat Mortensenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16877694888419628533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-27210117335592512072009-06-03T20:57:43.543+01:002009-06-03T20:57:43.543+01:00If you ever do... skip the first album, *completel...If you ever do... skip the first album, *completely* ignore the second album and go straight for their third. It's, well, the nicest. :) <br /><br />(Their second album is only for aural masochists... like me.)deemikayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01421704728979191339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-83671446871858148442009-06-03T19:35:43.235+01:002009-06-03T19:35:43.235+01:00I never really had a Velvet Underground phase (tho...I never really had a Velvet Underground phase (though I did know one person who wouldn't listen to any other band...for years!). Maybe that phase is yet to come...<br />xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-44253960386886342342009-06-03T19:14:19.635+01:002009-06-03T19:14:19.635+01:00Nah, more the Velvets. Mo Tucker and her one drum ...Nah, more the Velvets. Mo Tucker and her one drum beat! <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=paIaR3YLEKE&feature=related" rel="nofollow">but Karen was a much better singer...</a>deemikayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01421704728979191339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-88733251085511631852009-06-03T15:37:47.589+01:002009-06-03T15:37:47.589+01:00I've never much listened to the Hollies. You m...I've never much listened to the Hollies. You may have to post some, D.<br /><br />And you're exactly right about her voice, Jim. As for the drums...they were White Stripes in a not-very-parallel-at-all parallel universe perhaps. Or maybe not...<br /><br />xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-85308972360316327352009-06-03T15:34:34.095+01:002009-06-03T15:34:34.095+01:00It was the fact that she played the drums that got...It was the fact that she played the drums that got me. Could never quite figure that out. Can't say I've ever hear a voice like that since mind. You would think, wouldn't you, with 6 billion people on the planet that <i>someone</i> would have a voice like that.Jim Murdochhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12786388638146471193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-27292770702921974242009-06-03T15:32:23.590+01:002009-06-03T15:32:23.590+01:00Well chastised. :)
And I love Karen Carpenter. Bu...Well chastised. :)<br /><br />And I love Karen Carpenter. But I like the Hollies as well, and none of them died young. I grew up listening to Radio 2 belting through the house - I know all my easy listening.deemikayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01421704728979191339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-46390319453671885402009-06-03T15:03:16.052+01:002009-06-03T15:03:16.052+01:00Yes, leave him now ( I said 'leave it!'). ...Yes, leave him now ( I said 'leave it!'). I think you've well and truly stomped all over him now.<br />xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-17499808538178579592009-06-03T15:01:02.162+01:002009-06-03T15:01:02.162+01:00I'd say "hmmm" to Sting being cool i...I'd say "hmmm" to Sting being cool in his young days... he was seen by lots of folk as old-jazz-git-jumping-on-punk/new-wave-bandwagon back in 1978. But I said I'd step down from the soap box, didn't I? ;)deemikayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01421704728979191339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-7638024855306409952009-06-03T14:50:30.467+01:002009-06-03T14:50:30.467+01:00Oh Swiss! I remember watching that on TV! It was o...Oh Swiss! I remember watching that on TV! It was our ABBA-lite...an amazing concept in itself (and ABBA are Carpenters-lite anyway...).<br />xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-15046045808480026352009-06-03T14:48:00.291+01:002009-06-03T14:48:00.291+01:00Ah yes, but look, D, you used them! Best not to.....Ah yes, but look, D, you used them! Best not to...<br /><br />Plus, she (sadly) took the die-young option...and that tends to preserve cool so much more effectively. I am trying to get off the Sting subject...but he was cool in his younger days (as Dick pointed out in the last post..Sting has experienced the full spectrum of public opinion!).<br /><br />Now back to Karen...<br /><br />xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-6749896973455978532009-06-03T14:46:27.454+01:002009-06-03T14:46:27.454+01:00i'm totally with deemikay on the above. but if...i'm totally with deemikay on the above. but if it's mor you're after try this bad boy on for size.<br />it is safe for work, tho you may not want it to be<br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bKAPVpA46o<br />cheese-tastic!swisshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17924594772578153947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-37150473401439901422009-06-03T14:43:02.560+01:002009-06-03T14:43:02.560+01:00To use words I don't use:
Karen Carpenter = C...To use words I don't use:<br /><br />Karen Carpenter = Cool<br />Sting = Uncool<br /><br />It's easy. :)deemikayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01421704728979191339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-49526495703052050972009-06-03T14:40:42.285+01:002009-06-03T14:40:42.285+01:00A case of one yesterday once more too far, Dave?
x...A case of one <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5NZI8NmBLA" rel="nofollow">yesterday once more</a> too far, Dave?<br />xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-20655564456533633132009-06-03T14:31:47.168+01:002009-06-03T14:31:47.168+01:00It is amazing how much from our past becomes hard ...It is amazing how much from our past becomes hard to live up to, don't you think?Dave Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08430484174826768488noreply@blogger.com